EXFO FastReporter 2 User Manual
Page 237
Working with iOLM files
Post Processing Software
227
Managing Elements
The elements that you could see on the link are described in the table
below:
Element Name Element Icon
Element Description
Macrobend
Displayed in the link view when more than
one wavelength is present in the
measurement.
The macrobend will always be displayed
as a failed element.
Out of Range
Displayed when the end of fiber could not
be detected by the module because the
dynamic range is not large enough.
Splitter
Passive fiber optic coupler that divides
light from a single fiber into two or more
fiber channels. The splitter ratio is
displayed above the icon.
(Splitters are not available on multimode
or bidirectional files.)
Splice
Indicates the junction of two fiber sections
having different fiber backscatter
characteristics.
Connector
Used to join two fibers.
Mismatch
The elements on a matching location in
the link are not of the same type.